Table 4.

Adherence to the healthy diet indicator components and score by dietary pattern and gender, in Mexican adults.

	Dietary patterns in men
	Rural		Westernized		Diverse
Men	%	95% CI	%	95% CI	%	95% CI
Saturated fat, <10% of TE	88.0a	84.0–91.0	47.7b	42.2–53.3	37.9b	31.0–45.3
Polyinsaturated fat, 6–10% of TE	44.0	38.5–49.8	44.1	39.1–49.3	43.9	36.0–52.1
Protein, 10–15% of TE	85.2a	81.5–88.3	69.8b	65.1–74.2	52.4c	44.6–60.0
Carbohydrates, 50–70% of TE	66.3a	60.6–71.6	76.5b	72.2–80.3	72.3ab	64.5–79.0
Fiber, >25 g/d	79.2a	74.1–83.5	56.1b	50.3–61.6	71.8a	64.5–78.2
Fruits and vegetables, >400 g/d	20.0a	15.6–25.5	26.4a	21.8–31.6	64.8b	57.6–71.4
Legums and seeds, >30 g/d	52.2a	45.2–59.1	36.8b	31.9–42.0	42.0ab	34.3–50.1
Sugar, <10% of TE	94.0a	91.1–96.1	71.9b	66.5–76.7	87.7a	81.7–91.9
Cholesterol, <300 mg/d	76.9a	71.2–81.8	44.0b	39.0–49.2	49.2b	41.6–56.8
Total score HDI†	6.1a	5.9–6.2	4.7b	4.6–4.9	5.2c	5.0–5.5
Women
Saturated fat, <10% of TE	78.4a	73.2–82.8	35.1b	30.1–39.7	37.4b	32.8–42.1
Polyinsaturated fat, 6–10% of TE	41.6	37.2–46.2	46.8	42.1–51.6	40.2	35.1–45.4
Protein, 10–15% of TE	80.6a	76.5–84.1	71.5b	67.1–75.5	58.1c	53.0–63.1
Carbohydrates, 50–70% of TE	70.4	65.2–75.1	74.1	69.6–78.1	69.4	63.4–74.8
Fiber, >25 g/d	55.3a	49.8–60.7	27.6b	23.3–32.3	43.8a	38.7–49.0
Fruits and vegetables, >400 g/d	13.3a	10.6–16.5	19.1a	15.5–23.2	55.7b	50.7–60.6
Legums and seeds, >30 g/d	50.6a	45.8–55.4	23.1b	19.3–27.5	28.1b	24.3–32.2
Sugar, <10% of TE	95.6a	94.0–96.7	72.3b	67.3–76.7	82.8c	78.8–86.2
Cholesterol, <300 mg/d	84.2a	78.9–88.4	66.2b	61.0–71.1	74.9ab	70.0–79.3
Total score HDI†	5.7a	5.5–5.9	4.3b	4.2–4.5	4.9c	4.7–5.1

TE, Total Energy; HDI, Healthy Diet Indicator. †Values are means.

Percentages within a column with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (P < 0.016, using chi square test for categorical variables and T-test for HDI).